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With the cheese market in flux, and butter and powder markets in freefall, dairy producers might want to consider putting a floor under their milk prices this spring by buying put options.

To help dairy producers better understand Johne’s disease and become acquainted with preventive measures, two online courses -- one in English, and the other in Spanish -- have been developed specifically for dairy producers.

Expecting a decline in its California milk volume this year, national dairy processor Land O’Lakes announced April 27 it will close its cheese manufacturing plant in Tulare, Calif., sometime in the last half of 2010.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Citizens’ Board voted unanimously yesterday to pull the permit of Excel Dairy, Thief River Falls, Minn.

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for a civil monetary penalty of $12 million.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced today that it accepted four export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter, anhydrous milkfat and whole milk powder.

In its petition submitted April 29th, NMPF contends that not only have the terms “soy milk” and “soymilk” continued to proliferate, but also other dairy-specific terms like “yogurt,” “cheese,” and “ice cream” are now being used by products made out of a wide variety of non-dairy ingredients.

Land O’Lakes has announced it will idle its cheese manufacturing plant in Tulare, Calif., sometime during the latter half of 2010.

OSHA says that dairies account for a higher incidence of accidents over the general workforce. The most frequent dairy injuries involve hands and fingers, backs, legs and knees. These often result in employees missing work and, ultimately, higher insurance premiums.

Rabobank’s Australian-based Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory division says pricing in international dairy markets remained extremely firm in U.S. dollar terms through early May, although they softened very slightly at the most recent auction.